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band that formed in 1992. Members frequently changed until the release of the first album, and from there Deen has had four members: vocalist and lyricist Shuichi Ikemori, keyboardist and leader Koji Yamane, guitarist Shinji Tagawa and drummer Naoki Uzumoto. In January 2000, Utsumoto and in March 2018, Tagawa left the group. The band has sold over 15 million

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History

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made song "Konomama Kimidake wo Ubaisaritai" (lit. "Now, I want to make off with only you"). The group was formed for singing this song. The band debuted by the single on March 10, 1993. The single was certified a million-seller by the

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(RIAJ). Their 1994 song "Hitomi Sorasanaide" (lit. "Don't Avert Your Eyes"), written by

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charts. Their first album '' Deen'' was also certified a million-seller by RIAJ. The group originally seemed to be just a project, but they began to perform live concerts in 1996. They also began to release their self-produced singles, but their sales declined. Their 1997 song "Yume de Aru Youni" (lit. "hope that it will be a dream"), written by themselves, was adopted by ''

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''. It was no longer able to reach Top 10 on the Oricon charts. But for fans, this song remained most popular over a decade. In 1998, the band partly moved to

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Japan under the Berg label, which consisted of the "being" agency artists. Since their 1999 single "Just One", almost all singles has been produced by them, but Utsumoto left Deen in 2000. They introduced

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into their music. In 2002, they released a

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. They began to call their style "Neo- AOR" after album ''

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''. The band completely moved from the "being" agency to BMG Japan in 2003. Their next album ''

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participated in the music video of their song "Diamond". On June 8, 2008, they performed their first live concert at the

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. On December 10, 2008, they released the single "Eien no Ashita" (lit. "Eternal Tomorrow"), adopted by ''

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''. The single debuted at #6 on the Oricon weekly single charts. It was their highest position after 1996. On January 12, 2018, the guitarist and composer Tagawa has announced withdrawal from the band after 25th anniversary Budoukan Live finishes, which makes now left only two members keyboardist Yamane and vocalist Ikemori. On February 28 they released compilation album ''

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'' as part of their 25th debut anniversary, which will include their final song as 3 members "Journey". In August they've released three digital singles which includes completely new song ''Aloha'' and rearrangement of famous hits as ''Hitomi Sorasanaide'' and ''Power of Love'' with subtitle ''Jawaiian Style''. On December 26 they've released 25th music video and blu-ray live footage ''Deen Live Joy Countdown Special: Solo! Solo!! Solo!!!'', it's also final work there former guitarist Tagawa is included as a member. Since December 31, 2018 until January 13, 2019 the band held their ''Live Joy Break'' tour ''Deen Live Joy Break 21: Best Songs 21 Years''. On February 6, the band as two-member will release their single ''Mirai Kara no Hikari'' (Light from the Future) which will be used as an theme song for popular video game series

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's new chapter ''Tales of the Rays: Fairy’s Requiem'', it will be the first single since ''Kimi he no Uta'' from 2017. It will be their third promotional song to the same video game series. On 13 March, the single will be included in their first two-member studio album ''NewJourney''. So far, they have released 46 singles, 17 studio albums, 7 best albums, 2 live and 3 cover albums.DEEN discography (in Japanese) http://www.deen.gr.jp/disc/

Members

*Shuuichi Ikemori (池森秀一) (1993-): vocalist, composer and lyricist *Kouji Yamane (山根公路) (1993-): keyboardist, chorus, composer

Former members

*Tatsuma Nakai (仲居辰磨) (1993): guitarist *Keisuke Kurasawa (倉澤圭介) (1993-1994): drummer *Naoki Uzumoto (宇津本直紀) (1993-1999): drummer, composer, vocals *Shinji Tagawa (田川伸治) (1994-2018): guitarist, bassist, vocals, composer

Discography

Studio albums

*'' Deen'' (1994) *''

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'' (1998) *'' 'Need love'' (2000) *''

'' (2002) *''Utopia'' (2003) *'' Road Cruisin''' (2004) * ''

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'' (2006) * ''

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'' (2009) * '' Lovers Concerto'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2015) * ''

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'' (2017) * '' NewJourney'' (2019)

References

External links

DEEN
- The official website
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- Being-Giza profile * {{Authority control Japanese pop music groups Japanese rock music groups Musical groups established in 1993 Tales (video game series) music Sony Music Entertainment Japan artists Being Inc. artists 1993 establishments in Japan